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<span id="Multi_002ddimensional-Array-Format-1"></span><h3 class="section">3.2 Multi-dimensional Array Format</h3>

<p>This section describes the format in which multi-dimensional arrays
are stored in FFTW.  We felt that a detailed discussion of this topic
was necessary.  Since several different formats are common, this topic
is often a source of confusion.
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